Archive for April, 2008
New smaller Dyson Vacuums
Dyson has developed a new range of compact vacuum cleaners: Baby Dyson, and Dyson Ball, with the same performacnce as any machine designed by Dyson and thought for saving space and perfect for small apartments.

Go directly to the desired temperature
Electrolux, has launched the Direct Accesss function, a new gadget for your cook tops, that allows direct access to the desired cooking temperature, instead of having to raise or lower the temperature step by step in the control panel.

With the Direct Access function, the cook top is much more comfortable and easy to use, since we can either reach the desired temperature with just one finger along the scale of levels, or directly by clicking on the temperature.
Invisible Home theather
Sony has added two new options to its Bravia line of “hidden speakers”, the RHT-G900 (for televisions of 40-46 inches) and RHT-G1500 (for televisions of 46-52 inches) that are directed especially to those who have purchased a flat television but did not think about getting a surround sound system due to the complexity of its installation and operating system, or simply, because they didn’t want to leave cables lying across the room to feed five speakers and subwoofer.

These models exceed all those obstacles by integrating the processor, amplifiers and speakers all in a single unit, with a stand capable of holding the television and up to 4 other components.
Dinning desk
Poggenpohl presents along with Draenert the Dining Desk, a slender dining table and work of large dimensions, which through a regulated engine, can be extracted in a longitudinal direction.

Ivy, from Jordi Labanda
With the Ivy rug, designer and illustrator Jordi Labanda, continues to deepen the study of nature.

With a very personal interpretation, the artist has given us his vision of the flowers in the Bouquet design and in Flowers, and has shown the most minimalist nature and zen in the Bamboo rug with the representation of a few simple canes.
2008 trends in colors
Bruguer opens the new 2008 season of The Collection with five new colors that mark the trend in home decoration: Mango, Golden, Pearl gray, Mora and Ivory.

Ever since Bruguer launched for the first time in 2004 the selection of colors Collection, destined for the interior decoration of those daring few, that most creative Bruguer range continues to be updated with the trend in colors.
Runtal puzzle
The “runtal puzle” model has been the winner of the fifth edition of the “Comfort & Design”, Mostra Convegno Expocomfort and Expobagno of Milán.

Its creator, Swiss designer Claudio Colucci, states that he was inspired by “the tendency of today of searching for objects with maximum flexibility of use and maximum customization. There is a general need to increasingly find ideas that are custom-made.
Flashes of light
Gold signifies: Elegance, glamor, luxury, class, ostentation, sophistication, power, triumph…
Silver transmits: Style, modernity, functionality, fashion, design, sobriety…

…Or could it be the other way around?…
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Dressed by Custo
Just in time for the Fuori Salone, Custo Barcelona proposed together with Gruppo Industriale Busnelli a unique synergy between fashion and design.

The date is in the flagship store Custo Barcelona de Largo La Foppa 4, with the sample-installation “Dressed by Custo”, where you can see the reissue of the two historical chairs from Gruppo Industriale Busnelli: “Fiocco“ and “Libro“, designed in the seventies by Gruppo G14 and Gruppo Dam, respectively, and currently on display in the MOMA in New York permanent collection . Two cult pieces that Custo Barcelona dressed in his famous prints and graphics, which is an original and un edited pop version.
Hydrotherapy in the shower
The Hidrocom shower is a new global patent developed by Ramon Soler, which offers the possibility of using 3 cromotherapy programmes conducted by medical specialists: Wellness, Anti-aging and Playbath, all boosted by a reassuring hydrotherapy shower.

Hidrocom also offers the ability to add sound, enabling us to listen to the radio or any type of music we like.



